Best time for Zen·Shaolin: The best time to visit is generally between April and November

Henan Songshan is among the five mountains. Chinese Zen originated from the Songshan Shaolin Temple. Culture has a profound impact on Chinese culture. China's Songshan Music Ceremony "Zen Shaolin" will use the magnificent Mount Songshan as the natural stage, with Zen culture and Shaolin martial arts as its foundation. It integrates movement and stillness, and integrates music and painting to display the harmonious artistic conception of Chinese culture.

The performance will consist of four movements: "Water Music", "Light Music", "Wind Music" and "Stone Music", which embody Zen Buddhism's praise of nature and ultimate concern for life. In terms of music production, stone mountains will be used as musical instruments, running water as strings, and the sound of wind, insects, Zen bells, and birdsong at the performance site will be used to create harmonious and natural green music.

The large-scale Zen martial arts performance of 1,000 people, the live singing of the Shaolin monk orchestra, the changes in the natural landscape in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the melodious bells of ancient temples will allow the audience to appreciate the profound Zen meaning and make everyone A person who walks into Songshan interprets Zen culture and understands harmonious China.

In addition to Tan Dun, the main creative team of "Zen Shaolin" also includes Mei Shuaiyuan, the chief planner and producer of my country's first live landscape performance "Impression Liu Sanjie", Master Shi Yongxin, the abbot of Shaolin Temple, and famous scholars Professor Yi Zhongtian, etc., who will serve as the chief planner and producer, Shaolin cultural consultant and philosophical consultant of "Zen Shaolin" respectively.